Effectiveness of Certain Customer-Focused Transit Activities
Document Type
Report
Publication Date
2002
Subject Area
planning - surveys, land use - planning, literature review - literature review
Keywords
Case studies, Customer satisfaction, Customer service, Dallas Area Rapid Transit, Literature reviews, Miami Valley Regional Transit Authority, Public transit, Strategic planning, Surveys, Transit operating agencies
Abstract
This synthesis will be of interest to senior managers interested in using customer-focused strategies at their transit agencies. Both established and newer agencies might use the synthesis to guide the establishment of effective customer-focused transit. The purpose of this report is to document the experiences of selected public transportation agencies in developing and implementing customer service programs. The synthesis examines the effectiveness of certain customer-focused activities in the categories of general interaction between the customer and the agency, obtaining and using customer input, involving employees in customer-focused public transportation, and achieving customer satisfaction. It details specific programs in the case studies of two public transportation agencies. This document integrates information from a search of available literature with survey responses obtained from key staff at 33 transit agencies across the country. Supplemental materials were supplied by many of these agencies. Case study information was collected from Dallas Area Rapid Transit and the Miami Valley Regional Transit Authority.
Rights
Permission to link to report given by TRB
Recommended Citation
Potts, J.F. (2002). Effectiveness of Certain Customer-Focused Transit Activities. Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) Synthesis 45, published by Transportation Research Board, Washington.
